Mikal Mahdi, 42, cried out as the bullets hit him during the execution in South Carolina, US. He gave no final statement and did not look at the witnesses in the room ...

firing squad or a new lethal injection protocol to carry out its first executions in nearly 13 years. Credit: AP Then the curtain to the witness room will open and the right side of Mahdi’s face ...

He chose firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution ... Then a curtain to the witness room will open. The right side of Mahdi's face and body will be toward the window.

The department said that bullet-resistant glass has been installed between the death chamber and the witness room. On March 7 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina ... did not look to his right toward the nine witnesses in the room behind bulletproof glass and bars once the curtain opened.

in the corner of a room shared by the state's electric chair, witnesses to the execution reported. He delivered no last words. The firing squad team − three voluntary corrections staff − stood ...

South Carolina’s highest court has rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad this week for the ambush killing of a police officer.

Mahdi chose a firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution ... Then the curtain to the witness room will open and the right side of Mahdi’s face and body will be toward the window. His lawyer ...

The department said that bullet-resistant glass has been installed between the death chamber and the witness room. On March 7, South Carolina executed Brad Keith Sigmon by firing squad ...